Happy Little Dinosaurs Base Card Game

About this product

Life keeps throwing disasters your way—but these little dinosaurs are not giving up without a fight.

A standalone base game from Unstable Games.

Play Point cards, dodge ridiculous disasters and race towards 50 points before your Dinosaur is eliminated.

Product Description

Being a dinosaur is difficult enough without meteors, lava, predators and awkward romantic disasters getting in the way.

In Happy Little Dinosaurs, every player chooses a Dinosaur with its own player board, meeple and unique traits. Each round begins with a Disaster card showing a Natural, Predatory or Emotional disaster. Players then secretly choose a Point card before revealing their choices together.

The highest-scoring Dinosaur earns points and moves along its Escape Route, while the lowest-scoring Dinosaur must add the Disaster card to its Disaster Area. Dinosaur Traits, card effects and Instant cards can increase or reduce scores, change the outcome of a round or help a Dinosaur avoid disaster at the last possible moment.

Collecting Disaster cards brings you closer to elimination—but surviving them also helps you move forward along your Escape Route. Meteor cards make matters even more dangerous because they can count as any of the three main disaster types.

Be the first Dinosaur to reach 50 points, or remain standing after every other Dinosaur has been eliminated, to win the game.

Why you’ll love it

• Ridiculous prehistoric problems: Face Natural, Predatory and Emotional disasters ranging from serious danger to painfully relatable bad luck.
• Easy round structure: Reveal a Disaster card, choose a Point card and compare the final scores.
• Secret card choices: Everyone selects a Point card face down before revealing together.
• Different Dinosaur Traits: Each Dinosaur receives advantages and disadvantages against particular disaster types.
• Useful card effects: Point cards can change scoring, move cards or affect another player’s plans.
• Last-minute escapes: Instant cards can adjust scores or help your Dinosaur avoid collecting a Disaster card.
• Two ways to win: Reach 50 points first or become the last Dinosaur remaining in the game.
• Special two-player rules: The rulebook includes recommended changes to create a more balanced two-player game.

Quick Details

• Publisher: Unstable Games
• Edition: Standalone base game
• Product type: Competitive card game
• Players: 2–4 players
• Main card types: Point cards, Instant cards and Disaster cards
• Disaster types: Natural, Predatory and Emotional, plus Meteor cards
• Objective: Reach 50 points or be the last Dinosaur remaining
• Score tracking: Move your Dinosaur meeple along the Escape Route on your player board
• Contents: 4 Dinosaur player boards, 4 Dinosaur meeples, 53 Point cards, 16 Instant cards and 28 Disaster cards

Good to Know

• Base game: This is the standalone Happy Little Dinosaurs base game, not an expansion.
• Expansions sold separately: Any Happy Little Dinosaurs expansions are separate products and are not included.
• Elimination rule: A Dinosaur is normally eliminated after collecting three disasters of the same type or three different disaster types.
• Meteor danger: A Meteor can count as any of the three main disaster types.
• Disasters can still help: At the end of each round, move forward one space for every Disaster card in your Disaster Area.
• Sudden Death: Players tied for the lowest score must play additional Point cards until the tie is resolved.
• Two-player adjustments: The rulebook recommends removing Point cards valued 1, 2 and 3 and changing the elimination requirements for a two-player game.